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Chapter 522 - Planning for the future with my favorite group of smooth criminals!

Eric soon found himself savoring the surreal experience of walking down Park Avenue and falling in love all over again with the soaring buil

 

Eric soon found himself savoring the surreal experience of walking down Park Avenue and falling in love all over again with the soaring buildings and grand architecture he had loved all his life, rubbing away the sting in his eyes as they passed a magnificent Grand Central Station. He just knew that the inviting whistle he heard...

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Chapter 521 - Catching up with old friends.

“Wake up, Eric. Something unexpected happened. And watch your Strength!” Eric groaned when his alarm clock blared, slamming the snooze butto

 

“Wake up, Eric. Something unexpected happened. And watch your Strength!”

Eric groaned when his alarm clock blared, slamming the snooze button when the air rang with the crack of hypersonic shrapnel.

“Wait, what the fuck? Sniper!”

Eric bolted awake, only to feel his Comfort Cloud luxury mattress coll...

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Chapter 520 - Quest Complete!

Luigi gazed at the scroll before him with wonder. “A hundred locomotives in a month’s time?” Orlin positively beamed. “It looks like our sil

 

Luigi gazed at the scroll before him with wonder. “A hundred locomotives in a month’s time?”

Orlin positively beamed. “It looks like our silent partner’s interested in running a business venture with the best mechanics and engineers in the entire sector! And our boy’s willing to pay top rates to get it ...

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Chapter 519 - Kingdom of Faerie

Eric quickly made his way back to where his allies were gathering, by the thankfully still upright Empire State building, a glittering beaco

Eric quickly made his way back to where his allies were gathering, by the thankfully still upright Empire State building, a glittering beacon to 20th century industry while billowing clouds of dark smoke filled the air, countless blocks having been set ablaze, and not just from Eric.

He frowned down at the dozens of heavily armored mer...

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Chapter 518 - Battle For New York

A/N - 9k word chapter today! “Get up, Eric! We got problems! That asshole Song isn’t bothering to hold back at all. Clearly, he doesn’t giv

A/N - 9k word chapter today! “Get up, Eric! We got problems! That asshole Song isn’t bothering to hold back at all. Clearly, he doesn’t giv

A/N - 9k word chapter today!

“Get up, Eric! We got problems! That asshole Song isn’t bothering to hold back at all. Clearly, he doesn’t give a shit about sanctions o...

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Chapter 517 - Lord Song

A/N - An extra long chapter for you today. Please enjoy! “Your Eminence! Our Scouts have successfully made contact with the rebels.” The tr

A/N - An extra long chapter for you today. Please enjoy! “Your Eminence! Our Scouts have successfully made contact with the rebels.” The tr

A/N - An extra long chapter for you today. Please enjoy!

“Your Eminence! Our Scouts have successfully made contact with the rebels.”

The trembling soldier lowered hi...

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Chapter 516 - Home Run!

“Fuck, they spotted us so quickly!” Eliot hissed, readying his bow as king Orlin snarled, the air ringing with the same exact twang as Eric

“Fuck, they spotted us so quickly!” Eliot hissed, readying his bow as king Orlin snarled, the air ringing with the same exact twang as Eric last recalled from one of his favorite games as a six inch long steel spike shot free of the king’s gun in a burst of steam, slamming right into the aerial scout who wheezed with a bulging-eyed ...

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Chapter 515 - Old flames rekindled.

Melissa stepped out of perfect gloom. “There’s no way you should have been able to spot me, Eric.” Eric grinned, gazing up and down at the s


Melissa stepped out of perfect gloom. “There’s no way you should have been able to spot me, Eric.”

Eric grinned, gazing up and down at the strikingly beautiful redhead glaring at him with her pretty grey eyes through her open-faced mithril helm, her entire body covered in flexible looking plates that were an odd hybrid ...

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Chapter 514 - Cannonballs are where it's at.

Eric’s gregarious smile immediately faded. “What?” “Nothing.” “No, man. You totally shut down. What was… shit, you’re still not over me dati

Eric’s gregarious smile immediately faded.

“What?”

“Nothing.”

“No, man. You totally shut down. What was… shit, you’re still not over me dating your sister?”

“I’m not saying shit, am I? I’m happy you two were living your best lives.”

Eliot gave Eric a look. “While you w...

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Chapter 513 - Friends in Unexpected Places

“My goal is not to rule,” Eric calmly said, keeping his voice carefully modulated, no matter the awful spike of tension he could all but tas

“My goal is not to rule,” Eric calmly said, keeping his voice carefully modulated, no matter the awful spike of tension he could all but taste in the air. “That is not my path. It never has been. I rule nothing!”

He met the king’s killing gaze and did not flinch.

“I rule nothing, Your Grace. I seek only to conquer...

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Bonus Silver Fox Chapter!

Extra bonus chapter release to celebrate my book release. Yay!

 (Please note, this is in book 10, and won't make sense if you've only read book 8. All of book 9 and 1/2 of book 10 are available to Gold Tier members!)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SwVRc4ZdI2YPH1o1sfKxQqUSpsVGcoJDRJm1o55naAs/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h...

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Silver Fox Book 8: Warrior's Awakening is LIVE!

I'm super excited to share the release of Silver Fox book 8: Warrior's Awakening. As many of you know, it's been a definite adventure dealing with all the publishing challenges, this time around. (A big part of why I launched Patreon.) But we did it! Book 8 (clocking in at a mighty 370,000+ words) is finally out there, looking nice and shiny with what I hope you'll agree is some sweet cover art!

I'm grateful to...

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Chapter 512 - Diplomacy

Dwarven King Orlin Ironthews, who in that moment reminded Eric so much of a Cinematic version of Genghis Khan, held Eric’s gaze for long ten

Dwarven King Orlin Ironthews, who in that moment reminded Eric so much of a Cinematic version of Genghis Khan, held Eric’s gaze for long tense moments before turning to Luigi as the ribaldry and laughter of his champions faded to quiet murmurs and cool gazes.

“Luigi! What news from regio?”

Eric blinked at this, but not be...

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Chapter 511 - Luigi Firebeard

Eric took a stumbling breath and fled the campus entirely, a part of him desperate to hear the bustle and call of people panicked or frustra

Eric took a stumbling breath and fled the campus entirely, a part of him desperate to hear the bustle and call of people panicked or frustrated by the mist, praying that the city beyond… but no.

The streets were now completely empty. The once perfectly maintained colonial buildings had fallen to lifeless disrepair, and the mist was n...

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Battleforged: Conqueror is now on Audible!

Great news for Audible fans, Battleforged Books 1 - 3 are now all out on Audible! 

Our latest installment, Book 3, Battleforged Conqueror, clocks in at roughly 23.5 hours and was a super treat to produce with Wayne and Kasi who TRULY gave a stellar performance, which t...

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Chapter 510 - Ghosts of the Past

“Come with me into the maze? There’s something I want to show you.” Eric swallowed, suddenly acutely aware of the cool misty breeze rustling

“Come with me into the maze? There’s something I want to show you.”

Eric swallowed, suddenly acutely aware of the cool misty breeze rustling the hair slipping free of his armored hat, the scents of mulched earth, grass, roses and blood in the air.

He stole a quick glance Agdelina’s way, saw the mixed look of frustra...

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Chapter 509 - Unexpected complications for Mayor Stibbs.

“You’re working with that asshole Jim! You helped him rob my treasury! You helped him steal my gold!” Eric blinked, slowly raising his hands

 

“You’re working with that asshole Jim! You helped him rob my treasury! You helped him steal my gold!”

Eric blinked, slowly raising his hands as he gave silent commands. “I did no such thing.”

“Lies!” Stibb’s eyes filled with outraged heat. “I saw you conspiring with him just now!”

Eric...

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SF Book 8 Soon to be Published!

Great news, everyone! Book 8 Silver Fox & The Western Hero will (knock on wood) soon be on Amazon with some sweet new cover art. Yay! I can't wait to share it with you all once it's all polished and shiny and sitting pretty on the Amazon book shelves :)

Just a quick heads up for everyone reading the chapters posted (and thank you so much for choosing to support my work as an author!) - Book 8 will be coming down in just a few days. Books 9 & 10 will remain up of course...

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Chapter 508 - Peril & Enticement

Jim flashed a toothy smile and spoke so fast that Eric couldn’t even blink before the man was scowling, and every suppressed instinct in Eri

Jim flashed a toothy smile and spoke so fast that Eric couldn’t even blink before the man was scowling, and every suppressed instinct in Eric’s psyche was howling at his peril.

Eric swallowed his too dry throat, forcing himself to speak as the air filled with the furious shouts of the surviving inquisitors.

“He’s return...

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Chapter 507 - Fanatic

“You murdering bastard! You take one step further and I’ll shoot your eye out. See if I don’t!” “You already lost, Ivan. The college and all

“You murdering bastard! You take one step further and I’ll shoot your eye out. See if I don’t!”

“You already lost, Ivan. The college and all within are now the property of the Inquisition! Now I will claim the treasures of this school, and your daughter will lead me to what I seek, since my hound has proven herself ...

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Chapter 506 - Embers of Malice

 

Fortunately, the otherwise blinding Mist did nothing to detract from the internal map in his head. Or the brilliant warm glow of the handful of roaring soldiers calling out into the night, cries of witch and righteous persecution having slowly become the desperate call of people trying to find themselves in the mist… and somehow failing miserably.

Stumbling soldiers covered in plate, using polearms as walking sticks. Men Eric did his best to avoid as he raced acros...

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Chapter 505 - Mysteries of Love and Loss

Much to Eric’s surprise, Oliver merely smiled. “You’re right, they are indeed coming, and I have no doubt at all that they would happily see us all burn upon the pyre. Every last man, woman, and child among us.”

“We need to take steps! We need to fortify or flee into the forest. Perhaps Luigi can help us all step between realms?”

Oliver favored Eric with an enigmatic smile worthy of his title. “Look out the windows, my young friend. What do you see?”

E...

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Chapter 504 - Unforgivable Crimes

 

Eric soon found himself under an overcast sky, taking sweet breaths of air that tasted of smoke, horse dung, and freedom, his sword cane once more in hand. All in all, he thought it a miracle that it was even back in his possession, that it hadn’t been stolen or at least unsheathed, revealing a surprise that would have led to extremely uncomfortable questions and had been a source of low key anxiety since they were first arrested.

Ivan was without any weapon at all...

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Chapter 503 - Redeeming the Sinners

 

Agdelina gave the frightened serving girl a sympathetic smile. “Best you make yourself scarce, but first open the front door, child. You mean nothing to our unexpected guests. Only when our Inquisitive friends have already carted us off, will the town guard come by to bother with you. So best you be sorting inventory in the backrooms of your paw’s shop alongside your brothers, by then.”

She turned to Eric as the panicked young woman hurried off. “They came to...

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Chapter 502 - Eating with the In-laws

 

A short time later, Eric left Luigi’s shop whistling an off key tune, grinning from ear to ear and more than pleased with his arrangement, thinking he looked quite fine in his stylish waistcoat that didn’t ruffle at all in the breeze, reinforced as it was, and complimenting the silk vest graced with a veritable explosion of lace, buttons, and ruffles such that one could easily discount its slightly odd shape and stiffness, especially contrasted with his high collard li...

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Chapter 501 - Old friends in unexpected places.

 

With a friendly farewell from the headmaster, a bemused Eric found himself slipping free of the collegium with a final glance back at the impressive-looking building that screamed higher place of learning.

He was almost startled by Ivan’s sympathetic shoulder clasp. “I’m sorry, Eric. I was almost certain that what you sought was here. According to the rumors…” He shook his head and chuckled. “But rumors are just that, no? Still, you have mentioned having ...

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Chapter 500 - Golden Keys & Mysterious Colleges

 

The remainder of their trip to town was surprisingly quiet. Eric’s oddly manic euphoria; a combination of post battle high and triumph over insanely perilous odds while unlocking skills he had feared lost to him had all been replaced by an odd sense of melancholy.

As if he had somehow lost out on taking advantage of a once-in-a-lifetme opportunity, a Gentle Fate or Slice-of-Life storyline that he could never get back.

Then he flashed a bitter smile, gazing at...

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Chapter 499 - The heart of the matter.

"Agda!" Ivan desperately cried.

But Eric was already moving, yanking Agda back so that neither she nor her bundled baby were struck by the careening cart as it bounced through the fields, carefully packed crates and burlap sacks flying off into the thick grass before the cart toppled over in a heap of shattered lumber, crushed goods, and a squealing, shrieking draft horse whose squeals were brutally cut off as shadowy shapes tore through the growing mist and tore out its throat.<...

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Chapter 498 - Peril in the Mist

 

Eric stiffened when a certain cold-eyed man glared his way with his rifle in his lap, freezing him to stillness as he took in the stretched leather recliner cleverly put together with hardwood and animal hide.

His heart roared in his ears, yet Agda’s father made no move to point it at him, merely measured Eric with his eyes.

“It’s late.”

Eric jerked a nod. “It is, sir.”

The man frowned. “Why are you up?”

Eric solemnly lifted th...

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Chapter 497 - Mixed Blessing

 

Eric stumbled back, collapsing to the soil and groaning as post battle shakes from adrenaline and certain peril overwhelmed him, along with the sudden hot spike of agony from fragile flesh torn open in the desperate frenzy of combat. His eyes squeezed tightly shut as Agda’s cry for her child touched his heart, the joy in her sob making it almost worth the pain.

Even as he shuddered and squeezed down agonized tears, feeling like he was going to vomit as the hot sten...

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